Alan Light's Books
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The Holy or the BrokenThe fascinating account of one of the most-performed rock songs in history—Leonard Cohen’s heartrending “Hallelujah.”Read More
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Mashable, April 12, 2013
...month, another seven will come to e-readers later this year, according to the publisher. Image courtesy of Flickr, Alan Light Topics: Business, ebooks, kindle, Media, nook, Ray Bradbury...
Chronogram Arts Culture Spirt, April 11, 2013
...Three writers who have had their pulse on the zeitgeist for many years, Rhoney Stanley, Elissa Schappell, and Alan Light, talk about our favorite subjects--- Drugs, Sex, and Rock & Roll! We're pretty sure most of the audience will be familiar with at...
New Yorker, April 8, 2013
...will play there on Wednesday, April 8th. Recently, we had a chance to talk with the music journalist Alan Light, who has booked the shows for the series from the beginning. How long have you been involved? I started the ?Live From Home? series in...
Forbes.com, April 8, 2013
...the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah" (Atria Books, 2012) by music journalist Alan Light depends on the premise that "Hallelujah" has achieved or is on its way to achieving the mythic status of such songs as the...
Brooklyn Papers, March 9, 2013
...weird, sexy song. Canadian folk singer Leonard Cohen?s original version had about 80 different verses, according to author Alan Light, with one explicitly referring to sadomasochism. When crooner Jeff Buckley recorded the song?s most famous version in...
Brooklyn Papers, March 4, 2013
...The Holy or the Broken tells the story of how Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” rocked an entire culture. Alan Light follows the unlikely journey of Cohen’s haunting and inscrutable song from obscurity to international anthem. The reading will begin...
Petoskey News, February 14, 2013
...reading his poetry. Eventually, I found "Hallelujah." So when I came across "The Holy Or The Broken," Alan Light's new book on the ubiquitous song, I had to read it. What I have found is an engaging story about "Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & The...
Vanderbilt University, January 18, 2013
...Watch video of noted music journalist Alan Light discuss the improbable journey of “Hallelujah” from rejected to one of the most performed songs in rock history Jan. 15 at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Light is the author of...
Village Voice, January 17, 2013
...Hopper After a dozen years in the public eye, the man proves he can still surprise us By Alan Light He's believable as a hip-hop star because nothing he says is true By Ben Westhoff By Kiernan Maletsky True art lives where no one is paying...
Nashville Scene, January 17, 2013
...Jonathan Keefe, Hunter Kelly, Whitney Keyser, Robert Kinsler, Frank Kogan, Tom Lane, Andrew Leahey, Jeff Leven, Randy Lewis, Alan Light, Jim Macnie, Lynne Margolis, Karlie Justus Marlowe, Chris Mateer, Barry Mazor, Michael McCall, Kendra Meinert, Rick...
Vanderbilt University, January 16, 2013
...Watch video of noted music journalist Alan Light discuss the improbable journey of “Hallelujah” from rejected to one of the most performed songs in rock history Jan. 15 at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Light is the author of...
Village Voice, January 16, 2013
...Hopper After a dozen years in the public eye, the man proves he can still surprise us By Alan Light He's believable as a hip-hop star because nothing he says is true By Ben Westhoff By Kiernan Maletsky True art lives where no one is paying...
I4U, January 16, 2013
...Watch video of noted music journalist Alan Light discuss the improbable journey of “Hallelujah” from rejected to one of the most performed songs in rock history Jan. 15 at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Light is the author of...
CBS Minnesota, January 16, 2013
...experts, including Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly , Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone , James Montgomery of MTV, author Alan Light ( The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah”, read...
